Successes in 2013

Our Successes This Year

  • Honored Rachel Carson & the 50th Anniversary of Silent Spring with Carson biographer Linda Lear.
  • Held a new wildflower hike series in Vineyard Field with FLPG honorary board member Jim Ash.
  • Celebrated our 15th Anniversary at a lovely cocktail party hosted by Nancy & Ron VanderKamp.
  • Erected a nature viewing blind at Poxabogue Park with the help of Suffolk County Parks.
  • Created Long Pond Greenbelt kiosk information at Mashashimuet Park.
  • Implemented a pilot “Learning the Secrets of the Meadow” program with Sagaponack School.
  • Published a Long Pond Greenbelt Tree ID Brochure.
  • Cosponsored hikes with the South Fork Natural History Museum & a night sky program with the Custer Institute.
  • Collaborated with the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum in support of their For the Birds exhibit.
  • Supported Southampton Town CPF purchases which added preserved land to the Long Pond Greenbelt
  • Gained 45 new FLPG members!